At this bar in Japan, monsters rule

Suiting up: Takao Nakano helps a guest try on a monster costume. - Photos by The Yomiuri Shimbun

A Japanese bar that features scary yet approachable kaiju is attracting customers.

GAPING mouths, gigantic horns, piercing slanted eyes – with more than 100 scary yet approachable “monsters” on the counter and shelves, customers cheerfully chat about monsters at a bar in Nakano, Tokyo.